An Aurora man has been charged with habitually dumping trash into a Kendall County creek.
Back in April, Kendall County Sheriff’s deputies took a report about garbage dumped into a creek on East Beecher Road south of Galena Road, in Bristol Township, according to a statement from the sheriff’s office.
Bristol Township Highway Department officials said that on three separate dates, they had to clean up black plastic trash bags containing household garbage that had been dumped in the creek, according to the sheriff’s office.
The trash included pieces of mail, license plates, used motor oil and a used oil filter. The creek where it was dumped feeds into the Rob Roy Creek, which flows into the Fox River, according to officials.
Community Policing deputies with the sheriff’s office started investigating the matter, and while the investigation was ongoing, more trash, including pieces of mail, were reportedly dumped in the same creek.
On June 22, officials charged Eugene Brock, 55, who lives on Church Road in Aurora, with littering, a class B misdemeanor, in connection with the trash dumping. Brock is scheduled to appear in court July 14.
The investigation also involved the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and Kendall County Building and Zoning Department.
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